DriftlessNow.com’s focus is on the nature, geological features, cultures, and people of the Driftless area. In addition, we showcase events that celebrate the pride and diversity that makes the Southwest Wisconsin Driftless region unique.
While the Driftless area has no lack of amazing and beautiful scenery, flora, fauna and a rich diverse culture, there are as many unique small businesses as well.
In digging in deeper to the endless very cool stores and shops on my weekly travels, I continued to hear about a store that many told me I had to do a short story on, Driftless Books and Music in Viroqua, Wisconsin and its owner Eddy Nix.
Held since 2006, this past weekend the Coon Creek Rendezvous gave visitors a glimpse into the daily life of people living in the frontier back in the 1700’s and 1800’s.
Since the ground breaking last year, the new hospital and clinics being constructed in Hillsboro, Wisconsin is taking shape. Driftless Now toured the construction site on June 27th, and got a glimpse of all the progress inside and out while a summer storm was rolling in.
In a meeting held on June 19th, the Spring Green the Spring Green Plan Commission and Joint Extraterritorial Zoning Committee, heard discussion on the consideration of a request by Clinton Kane and Jill Janssen Kane for a conditional use permit for a “Commercial Kennel & Dog Boarding” to be located at S12904 Pearl Road, in the Town of Spring Green.
On Wednesday June 26th, two waves of employees called the ‘Cash Mob” from the Main branch of the Royal Bank in Elroy, Wisconsin, paid a visit to the ‘Guys and Gals’ salon.
The ‘Cash Mob’, is a community relations initiative started back in 2015 by Assistant Vice-president of Brand Development, Natalie Adams.
Tucked away in a breathtaking deep valley, that could arguably look like topography in Norway, is a historically rich gem of the Driftless region.
The Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center located just outside of Coon Valley, Wisconsin, despite continued work to restore flood damage from last year, held their 36th annual Midsummer Fest. Midsummer is the second most important yearly celebration in Norway.
Tuesday early evening saw a crowd of Hillsboro community members gather in the Veteran’s Memorial Park, to indulge in British cuisine, drinks, and fellowship. With a crowd of over 50 people attending, some of the community’s ladies dressed up in British like style, wearing sun dresses and beautiful hats.
The tea party, benefitting the St. Joseph’s Memorial Foundation, is aiding with construction of the new Gundersen St. Joseph’s Hospital and Clinics that continues to progress in leaps and bounds. The foundation is charged with raising funds for a capital campaign that has realized $1.831 Million of a 2-million-dollar goal.
Set to displace 25 veterans of the United States Armed Forces, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) is scheduled Sept 30, 2019 to permanently close down the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program (VHRP) located at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King, WI.
If you ever have traveled Hwy. 14 between Lone Rock and Spring Green, Wisconsin, you might have passed by a sight that was sure to crank your neck.
With stray and unwanted animals continuing to be an epidemic across the nation, the Driftless area is not immune. But the Driftless Humane Society works day in day out helping rehome animals that have just as much right to live as humans do.
“Protect us”. This was the consensus of Monroe County citizens as they faced their County Board in a zoning hearing on June 17, that saw over thirty people exercising that right. Citizens came to request that a moratorium on nonmetallic mining be on the agenda.
This past weekend, the Fox family of Sussex, WI, went camping at Wyalusing State Park. Mike said, “We have some neighbors that went here last year and they recommended it. We are going to meet them after we get set up at our campsite. We went camping with them last year at Peninsula State Park, and wanted to come up here with them this year.”
